ASP.NET stream content from memory and not from file

Question

The users have requested the option to \"download\" a csv file representation of GridView contents. Does anyone know how to do this without saving the file to the server bu

Answer 1

I created a StringBuilder and dump the contents to the Response object using the following code ("csv" is the StringBuilder variable).

    Response.ContentType = @"application/x-msdownload";
    Response.AppendHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" + FILE_NAME);

    Response.Write(csv.ToString());
    Response.Flush();
    Response.End();